Crouchie to silence City-loving mum

Peter Crouch has found the ideal way to keep his Manchester City-supporting mother Jayne silent on Wednesday when his Tottenham team face the Citizens in a Champions League crunch decider. Spurs and City face-off at Eastlands knowing that victory for either team will almost certainly guarantee a place in football’s most elite club competition next season. “All mum's family are City fans so I'll be putting them in the Tottenham end of the stands so she'll have to be quiet," joked Crouch on Tuesday. Tottenham and City sit fourth and fifth respectively on the EPL standings, separated by a single point with two matches left to play this season.